Nouveaux achats et rénovations de F-16 pour le Maroc

[Deltafan]

Article du Figaro : Washington approuve la vente de 25 avions de combat F-16 au Maroc et la modernisation de 23 autres :

http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-eco/washin ... c-20190325

[jojo]

Putain, là on a perdu un marché quand même

[gillouf1]

Putain, là on a perdu un marché quand même

C'est exactement ce à quoi je pensais en lisant la news...

@+

[stanak]

ATAC ou Draken se feront une joie de racheter leurs Mirage F1, faut faire de la place

[rescator]

Ou TacAir qui voudra les siens , avec une version a priori autrement plus évoluée, il me semble... Sauf peut-être quand Atac installera le radar AESA annoncé au moment de l'achat des Mirage F1 français (et de 80 Cyrano IV... en attendant ?).

[ironclaude]

Pas de regret, si on leur en avait vendu on aurait du les leur payer

[warbird2000]

Des harpoons pour les F-16 marocains

https://www.janes.com/article/95513/mor ... g-missiles

[garance]

Des harpoons pour les F-16 marocains

https://www.janes.com/article/95513/mor ... g-missiles

Une mayonnaise qui monte lentement mais sûrement dans ce quartier

[PePe]

Ça marche ça le Harpoon ?

L'Exocet on sait que oui, mais je me posais la question du nombre d'AGM-84 tirés en opérations, toutes versions confondues.

Etant en train de lire l'histoire des F1 iraquiens... je me pose la question !

[warbird2000]

Ça marche ça le Harpoon ?

L'Exocet on sait que oui, mais je me posais la question du nombre d'AGM-84 tirés en opérations, toutes versions confondues.

Etant en train de lire l'histoire des F1 iraquiens... je me pose la question !

On est loin des succès de l'exocet

In 1986, the United States Navy sank at least two Libyan patrol boats in the Gulf of Sidra. Two Harpoon missiles were launched from the cruiser USS Yorktown with no confirmed results and several others from A-6 Intruder aircraft that were said to have hit their targets.[18][19] Initial reports claimed that USS Yorktown scored hits on a patrol boat, but action reports indicated that the target may have been a false one and that no ships were hit by those missiles.[20]

In 1988, Harpoon missiles were used by the U.S. to sink the Iranian frigate Sahand during Operation Praying Mantis. Another was fired at the Kaman-class missile boat Joshan, but failed to strike because the fast attack craft had already been mostly sunk by RIM-66 Standard missiles. An Iranian-owned Harpoon missile was also fired at the guided missile cruiser USS Wainwright. The missile was successfully lured away by chaff.[21]

In December 1988, a Harpoon launched by an F/A-18 Hornet fighter from the aircraft carrier USS Constellation[22] killed one sailor when it struck the merchant ship Jagvivek, a 250 ft (76 m) long Indian-owned ship, during an exercise at the Pacific Missile Range near Kauai, Hawaii. A Notice to Mariners had been issued warning of the danger, but Jagvivek left port before receiving the communication and subsequently strayed into the test range area, and the Harpoon missile, loaded just with an inert dummy warhead, locked onto it instead of its intended target.[citation